If you want to contact your local Congressional representative, Call to Action makes the whole process really simple. You just enter your address or location, and the app tells you who your representative is, where you can get a hold of them, and what you should say to get your point across.

It’s been almost a week since the election, and maybe you’re ready to throw off the sackcloth and ashes and get to work. Combining the anger, bargaining, and depression stages of grief can lead to powerful actions, and now is the time to channel that energy into specific activism that will serve as a barrier between…

Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it illegal for companies to put “gag clauses” in their contracts that block or penalize customers for posting negative online reviews. It’s expected to move through the Senate soon.

Everyone has heard how important it is to pay attention to Congress, especially during an election season, but how many of us actually know how to do that? 4USXUS is my new favorite tool because it makes it simple. Or at least, as simple as politics itself can be.

A new draft bill in Congress will force tech companies to undermine or break their own security features and encryption anytime law enforcement asks them to. Sound terrible? It is. Here’s what the bill says, and what you can do about it.

Yesterday, Congress heard testimony on an important security case. The FBI wants help breaking into an iPhone. Apple, backed by other tech companies is refusing. It sounds like an isolated issue iPhone users would care about, but the consequences of this fight will affect all of us.

It’s time to elect a new President this year! But did you know most of Congress is also up for re-election? 4USXUS lets you learn about your representatives before it’s time to vote for new ones this November.

Each member of Congress has their own (sometimes peculiar) contact form, which makes writing to your representatives more of a hassle than it should be. Thanks to the EFF’s new open source site Democracy.io, however, sending a message to Congress couldn’t be any easier.

This week, certain key sections of the notorious Patriot Act—the law that gives the NSA its snooping powers—automatically expired. Don’t get too excited just yet, though: they’re probably coming back with a few changes. Here’s what we know, and what it means for your privacy.

It's a historic day for the internet. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just passed the strongest net neutrality rules in this country's history. This is great news! But let me repeat: The battle for net neutrality is still not over. In a sense, the real battle begins now.

Since 1991, mobile phone numbers have been excluded from telemarketers' lists, political campaigners, and other unwanted, unsolicited phone marketers. Now, there's a bill in the US House of Representatives to change all of that—one that opens the doors to a new era of political robocalling right to your mobile phone.…